Category: Writing

Scientific Method – Part 5
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to assess your ability to:
Collect and analyze data.
Analyze and evaluate graphs.
Create a graph.
Action Items
Review the key points and videos for this module.
Answer the following questions in your discussion post:
Review the key points and videos for this module.
Begin collecting data. Deploy your poll question(s) according to your sampling plan. Be prepared to discuss any issues you experienced during data collection for the Scientific Method – Part 6. Data collection needs to be completed no later than Sunday, Week 7. You will need a completed data set to perform Lab 4 (due Week 7). 
Answer the following questions in your discussion post:
Did you encounter any issues in deploying your survey? If so, what were they, and how do you plan to overcome the issue?
I want Part 5 research and Lab 3 worksheet. And also about my survey its about Sleep Quality, Sleep Duration, and Cognitive Performance.

INSTRUCTIONS:
PART 1: ‘LISTS’
Think of another aspect of culture that may differ from country to country. List the cultural aspect, and list FOUR countries and the answer. ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES MUST BE THE USA. For each country, just use a search engine on the internet. Note that some of the information may contradict itself. Just use one of the top answers. THIS CAN BE ANYTHING. Let us also know why you chose this topic! Choose something that interests you, like I’ve done!! For Example: TOP FOUR MOST POPULAR DOG BREEDS (full breeds), BY COUNTRY I chose this because I LOOOOOVE dogs!:
1) USA: Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, French Bulldog
2) JAPAN: Shiba Inu, Akita Inu, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin
3) AUSTRALIA: Labrador Retriever, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Rottweiler, French Bulldog
4) ENGLAND: Labrador Retriever, Jack Russel Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Border Collie
PART 2: Different cultures, different customs:
Think of some sort of custom, tradition, rite of passage, etc. Choose FIVE different cultures/religions/countries/ethnicities and how they commemorate or celebrate this same ‘custom’, etc.
For example: Death rituals around the world
PART 3: YOUR PROUD TRADITIONS!
Take the time to share some of the proud traditions of your own culture!

Contexts Project Prompt
The Research Project
Two major assignments comprise the research project: Part One: Contexts (CP) and Part Two: Advocacy (AP). This first assignment, the CP, asks you to (1) research and deploy various types of sources to describe, contextualize, and analyze a significant contemporary climate change-related issue; (2) summarize and evaluate conversations and debates happening between credible scholars, thinkers, and organizations about your topic.
Together, the actions above comprise expository writing—the guiding method of this project—which means simply that with this composition you are attempting to describe your project’s central problem and explain its relevance by contextualizing it.
Why “contexts”?
An informed, authoritative writer understands their topic in context. Context can be historical. Analyzing the past means grappling not simply with events, but with the issues and concerns of the time. It’s not enough to read a contemporary account of the past; we must also look at the work produced in the past—its political speeches, court decisions, and media. Therefore, one goal of this assignment is to learn about the historical contexts of your problem: the laws, legal precedents, and institutional practices that underlie its current form, and economic, social, political, and/or environmental trends that have shaped its development.
Context can also be rhetorical. We want to present the stakes that a given community has in the topic of our research, but we also want to interrogate the way those stakes get articulated by journalists, researchers, and politicians. Even within “scholarly writing,” you should become aware of how various communities (called disciplines) frame the same topic quite differently from one another. Identifying these relevant communities of thinkers and writers, analyzing their perspectives, and bringing their views together will help you gain a comprehensive understanding of your problem, and the authority that understanding entails.
By the time you complete the CP, you should be able to:
● Develop effective research note-taking habits through source annotations.
● Practice information literacy in the research process by locating and critically evaluating relevant and credible evidence from a variety of sources and genres.
● Understand research as a part of the larger composition process of prewriting, drafting, and revision.
● Collaborate with fellow researchers to give and receive constructive feedback on the work in progress.
● Plan, draft and revise an essay with organization and style appropriate for addressing a general academic audience.
● Arrange and integrate evidence—primary-source, secondary-source, and multimodal—intentionally, with particular attention to its argumentative purpose and rhetorical effect.
● Integrate and cite evidence in a transparent and ethical manner, using a standard citation system. Learn how and why to avoid plagiarism and patch-writing.
Assignment Requirements
Process work is required to be eligible to submit a final draft for a grade. This may include but is not limited to topic development exercises, a proposal or prospectus, and multiple essay drafts. Late or incomplete process work may result in a grade penalty on the final draft.
The contextualizing in the CP must be supported by a broad and varied selection of research, including primary and secondary sources, scholarship, journalism, policy papers, reports, case law, and other sources as appropriate for your topic. At a minimum, the essay should draw evidence from 6-8 sources, including at least one scholarly source from an academic journal and at least social media source. Keep in mind that the total number of sources for the entire project’s bibliography (CP and AP combined) is approximately 15-20 sources.
Your final submission for Part One should be a 1500-2000 word multimodal composition. As a multimodal text, the essay should include at least one image to make a logos appeal (like a graph or chart from a credible source) and at least one image to make a pathos appeal (like a photograph). It should be formatted in MLA style, with parenthetical citations, a Works Cited page, and a descriptive academic title.
Some questions that might help to direct your research include:
What harm does the problem cause to individuals, communities, institutions, and/or ecologies?
Why does the problem exist? When and how did it develop? Do any individuals, communities, or institutions benefit from it?
Who is paying attention to and writing or speaking about the problem among journalists, politicians, scholars, other researchers, activists, governmental agencies, and/or industries.
Possible Outline
Introduction
General Topic (i.e. climate change)
Focused Subject (i.e. wild fires in California)
Brief overview of contexts
Thesis
Historical Context
How long has this issue existed? When did it start? How has this issue been dealt with in the past? How has the issue changed over time?
Scientific Context
Using credible sources to explain causes and effects related to climate/environment/ecology
Other Contexts that explain how this is a “human” problem (i.e. political, economic, mental/physical health, infrastructure, agriculture, etc)
Conclusion: Why is this issue significant enough to warrant the need for timely solutions?

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Assignment 1: The Annotated Bibliography – Due Week 3
Project Overview:
This is part of a 3-PART SERIES OF ASSIGNMENTS on the SAME topic. Assignment #1 – the Bibliography (submitted Week 3). Assignment #2 – the Outline – is due Week 5. Assignment #3 – the Final Presentation – is due Week 7. You’re building this project throughout all three Assignments, using the same or similar topic.
For this project, you’ll choose a topic and then research how four geographic concepts are related to and affect your topic. Instead of presenting your research as a traditional paper, you’ll use PowerPoint to create a narrated presentation. Your presentation will be structured like a paper, including a title, introduction to the topic, main body, summary and conclusions, and references. Creative use of properly cited graphics and photos from the Internet relevant to your topic is required.
First, choose a topic! Topics must be a food item, cuisine, invention, or idea with a SUPER CLEAR REGION OF ORIGIN. Do some investigation of the 4 required elements (see below) before you settle on one topic. If you’re not sure if your desired topic is appropriate, please feel free to ask!
Your topic must be analyzed through these 4 required elements to determine how each of these geographic concepts affects or is related to your topic: 1. Regions 2. Cultural Landscape 3. Diffusion 4. Distance decay. The first two concepts are covered in the first chapter of your textbook. Diffusion is covered in Chapter 8, Section 2. Distance decay refers to the fact that influence and interaction between locations decreases as the distance between them increases. As such, it has a significant influence on how things change as they diffuse away from their point of origin. Be sure to address these specific geographic terms and concepts in your work. You don’t need to address them in this order, but you do need to address all of them. You may use “subsets” of these definitions (e.g., contagious diffusion) if such subsets exist. Be sure to refer to your text and other reliable resources to ensure you completely understand these concepts. You should be detailed in your treatment of these concepts – for instance, you should explain both how and why your choice varies by region, and how and why it has been affected by distance decay. Remember that geography, as an academic discipline, seeks to explain why things vary from place to place, not just describe how they do.
FOR ASSIGNMENT #1, you will complete your annotated bibliography. Completing the project in separate assignments allows you to work your way up to the final presentation and provides opportunity for feedback along the way.
Assignment Objective: Assess sources for your research for your final presentation (for credibility, reliability, and relevance) and list references in proper APA format through the creation of an annotated bibliography.
Assignment Instructions: An annotation is a summary and evaluation, and your annotated bibliography will include a summary and evaluation of some of the sources (or references) you will use for your presentation.
To prepare for this assignment, I recommend that you do the following:
Read these directions carefully.
Review the sample annotated bibliography provided to you below.
Read the grading criteria below. The grading criteria is a detailed evaluation that I will use to assess your performance. It also will help you understand what is expected of you as you prepare your assignment.
Email me with any questions!
The reason the annotated bibliography is included as part of the research project is that writing an annotated bibliography provides excellent preparation for the final presentation. One of the issues regarding any type of research is the credibility of the sources used, particularly those obtained from various websites. By evaluating your potential sources carefully, the annotated bibliography helps you determine if the sources you chose are credible and relevant to your topic. It will also help you understand the topic better, which will help you develop your presentation.
For this project, you will assess three sources to include:
a complete citation for each source,
a summary of each source, and
an evaluation of each source.
Three sources are required for this assignment (i.e., you are to write an annotation for each source). However, you must use five or more sources in Assignment #2 and 3.
Use the TEMPLATE below to summarize and evaluate each of your three sources.
Citation:
Written in APA reference list format. For more help with formatting, see APA handout.
Summary:
What is the purpose of the source, review article, original research? What topics are covered? This section is generally 3-5 sentences that summarize the author’s main point. For more help, see this link on paraphrasing sources.
Evaluation:
After summarizing the article (or research paper or book), it is necessary to evaluate it and state where you found it – its source (e.g., journal, website, etc.). Briefly answer the following questions in 3-5 sentences:
What is the format or type of source (e.g., peer-reviewed journal paper, website, book)? How reliable is the information in the article, and how credible is the source (e.g., website’s sponsoring organization, journal or book publisher) and the author(s)?
For more help, see this handout on evaluating resources.
Additional Resources:
Please see the resources below at The Owl at Purdue site for more information on how to write an annotated bibliography as well as other pages on the site to assist you with the other parts of the research paper:
Annotated Bibliographies
Annotated Bibliography Example
Annotated Bibliography Samples
Evaluation: Please review the Annotated Bibliography Grading Criteria below that describes how your annotated bibliography will be graded.
Software: As an APUS student, you have free access to Microsoft Office for both Windows and MacOS, which includes Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

Please review the following PRIOR to your simulation experience:
Briefly review the following documents and websites:
MRMC Emergency Operations Plan – (Policy is located in Blackboard under Disaster Simulation Information)
FEMA National Incident Management System (NIMS) – (Document is located in Blackboard under Disaster Simulation Information)
CDC.gov
Ready.gov
Pre-Scenario Questions
Please be prepared for your Simulation by completing the following questions:
After reviewing the Incident Command section of the NIMS document, identify three trends that you noticed between the MRMC Emergency Operations Plan and the NIMS.
Consider yourself in an emergency management leadership role.Identify and list two traits of a good leader. Refer to the NIMS document.
The CDC shares the importance of making a “plan” during a hurricane. Identify and list two key components of making a plan. Scenario:Disaster Preparedness: Hurricane Season

Topic: Universal Basic Income (UBI)
The concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) suggests giving a regular, unconditional quantity of money to all citizens or inhabitants of a country, irrespective of their income level or job status. This contentious issue has spurred discussions on a range of social, political, and economic fronts. In addition to reducing inequality and poverty, proponents of universal basic income (UBI) claim that it would offer financial stability in the face of job loss and automation. They contend that a universal basic income may free people from financial restraints to pursue their dreams of education, entrepreneurship, or child care. Opponents, on the other hand, raise questions regarding the affordability and viability of implementing UBI. They contend that a universal basic income (UBI) may discourage labor, cause inflation, and need large tax hikes or reductions to current social safety programs.
There is a wealth of literature on this subject, including books, policy papers, and academic articles that address the advantages and disadvantages of introducing universal basic income (UBI) in different settings. Reputable sources include government papers, think tank publications, academic journals, and expert interviews in the fields of public policy, political science, sociology, and economics. Make sure the sites you choose are current with the most recent advancements and debates regarding universal basic income.This week, you will submit an annotated bibliography.
Your annotated bibliography consists of four annotated sources; two for each side of the debatable topic. For each source, include:
An APA style formatted entry for each source
A summary: What is the main message of this source?
Evaluation: Why is this a credible source? Why is this author credible?
Relevance: How will this source contribute to your research?
Quote: Write down a quote from this source that you plan to use in your informative paper.
Informative Paper full instructionsDownload Informative Paper full instructions

The aftermath of World War II had profound global consequences. Here are some key points:
Superpower Rivalry: The war led to the rise of two superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union. They engaged in the Cold War, characterized by espionage, proxy conflicts, and nuclear arms race1.
United Nations: The Allies established the United Nations (UN) to promote international cooperation and prevent future wars.
European Reconstruction: Western Europe and Asia were rebuilt through the American Marshall Plan, while Central and Eastern Europe fell under Soviet influence
Decolonization: Independence was granted to India, Pakistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Arab nations.

NOTE: THE ‘PAGES’ FORMAT (from a MAC) and GOOGLE DOCS FORMAT ARE NOT ACCEPTED IN THIS COURSE. IF YOU ARE WORKING ON A MAC OR ON GOOGLE DOCS, CONVERT YOUR DOCUMENTS TO A DIFFERENT FORMAT (usually PDFs) BEFORE YOU SUBMIT THEM!
OBJECTIVE: Symbols that we encounter in our everyday lives are interpreted by us depending on certain factors, such as: our age; our nationality; our understanding of history, etc. etc. For example, the ‘golden arches’ of the McDonald’s fast food chain is fairly universal, but if you live in a country that doesn’t have a McDonald’s, it may not mean anything to you. The purpose of this assignment is to understand that you are very much a product of your country, citizenship, culture, and that you are currently living in the 21st century.
INSTRUCTIONS: Open the attached assignment. When you look at the symbol at the top of the page, give me your VERY FIRST IMPRESSIONS of that that symbol is before doing any ‘research’ on that it symbolizes – this is part A. In part B, do some research to answer the factual questions!
Symbols exercise part 2 CCC1.docx

OBJECTIVE: Each human on the planet shares a common trait: we all have names by which we identify ourselves! However, different countries and cultures are very, very different ways and traditions for selecting their children’s names. PART I:
1) In our own ‘western’ culture, what is the history of ‘last’, or ‘surnames’? When did people start using surnames? How did people start determining what their surnames would be? Please write three sentences at a minimum. PART II:
Choose FIVE of the following eight countries/religions (you must write at least two full sentences about each one) and describe the naming tradition in each one. PLUS: choose THREE more countries/cultures of your own choosing (the extra three may be others on this original list if you wish) and do the same. DO NOT SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS IN ‘PAGES’ OR ‘GOOGLE DOCS’ FORMATS. Convert these to a different format before submitting. Any assignments submitted in ‘Pages’ or ‘Google Docs’ will receive a ‘0’. 1) Spain and Latin America (in the Spanish culture)
2) Iceland
3) India
4) Ghana
5) Afghanistan
6) China
7) Islam
8) Judaism
9) Nigeria
10) Zimbabwe
11) Ethiopia
12) In the Arabic tradition